[Ferm] two semicolons

[Marc Haber]

On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 09:08:55AM +0100, Max Kellermann wrote:
> On 2011/02/27 10:03, Marc Haber <mh+ferm at zugschlus.de> wrote:
> > is it intended to flag two semicolons (;;) at the end of a rule as a
> > syntax error? Why should an empty statement not be allowed?
> 
> The reason is that a semicolon is a command: it finalizes the current
> rule, and turns it into an iptables line.  A special hack would be
> needed to make special case of "no further additions in the current
> context, ignore the semicolon".

Thanks for the explanation. I understand the philosophy now.

Greetings
Marc

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